[S1114] John Monroe and Mary Deaton Family Papers, http://www.monroegen.org/family.htm#The%20Bible%20.
The Bible of John and Mary Deaton Monroe
The following entries are from the family Bible use by both John Mary Deaton Monroe and John C. and Bettie Sewell Monroe. The entries appear to have been made by one or two people at different times (using different color inks) apparently at or near the time of the event. Several dates which are confirmable by other sources are alI also accurate.

Source: Private Collection. Microfilm of originals are available in the North Carolina State Archives, Moore County Records, Deaton-Monroe Family Papers.

Births
William Johnson Munroe was born the 14 march 1844
John C Calhoun Munroe was born the 25 July 1846
Lauchlin A Munroe was born the 9 May 1848
Robert Walker Munroe was born the 30 May 1850
Sarah Ann Munroe was born March the 6th 1853
Lauchlin Deaton Munroe was born the 29 July 1895
(Note the sudden change in spelling!)
Cornelius Claudy Monroe was born the 26 March 1897
Ellis Fairly Monroe was Born January the 26 1903
John Munroe was born the 24 Feby 1802
Mary Deaton was born the 20 Oct 1808
James Hamilton Munroe was born the 15th November 1832
Amanda Jane Munroe was born the 6th February 1834
Malcom L J Munroe was born the 5th August 1835
Benjamin Franklin Munroe was born the 29 may 1837
Andrew Jackson Munroe was born the 13th April 1839
Levi Deaton Munroe was born the 6th October 1840
Mary Catharine Munroe was born the 13 March 1843
Mary Alice Munroe was born the 17 October 1880
Christian Annette Munroe was born the 10 April 188?
William Talmage Munroe was born the 16 February 1884
Robert Hill Munroe was born the 2 July 1885
John Westly Monroe was born the 22 February 1887
Archable Alexander Munroe was born the 29 November 1888
Daniel Alton Monroe was born the 3 July 1890
Amanda Jane Munroe was born the 4 November 1892

Deaths
James Hamilton died the 26th January 1833
Andrew Jackson Munroe died the 4th June 1839
Wm Johnson Munroe was killed at Petersburg Va August 4th 1864
Levi Deaton Munroe was killed at Petersburg Va March 26th 1865
John Monroe died the 25 of January 1877
Mary C Shuffield died the 28 the of january 1880
Mary Munroe died the 18th June 1896
Robert Hill Monroe died the 20th June 1887
Archable A Monroe died the 14th July 1889

Miscellaneous Records
Although not part of the Family Bible, these notes were made by either Mary Vassar Deaton or her daughter, Mary Deaton Monroe. They were made in the same ledger book in which the women kept the estate records of Levi Deaton and Andrew Graham.